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 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 60, 63. 1916. 47 CHAP. 60.-An Act To authorize the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific APN! 5 1916- Railway Company to rebuild and reconstruct, maintain, and o rate a bridge across ls' "i5"·l the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, in Hamilton County, in th; State of Tennessee. [Public, No. 42.] Be at enacted by the Senate and Hmrsgeeéf Representatives of the United States of America in Oimgress assemb, That the Cincinnati, New §,‘}?,§§,’,,°g R“,‘E{;,w Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company, a corporation organized gr¤_<;¤¤¤ aim Tms under the laws of the State of Ohio, its successors and assigns, be, mg; iiiiige,C°<iungi°a{ and they are hereb, authorized to rebuild and reconstruct, main- °°°g“·T°““· tain, and operate tlie bridge and the a proaches thereto leased by. it from the trustees of the Cincinnati Siiuthern Railway, a railroad existing by virtue of the laws of the States of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, across the Tennessee River near the city of Chattanoo a, in Hamilton County, in the State of Tennessee, at a. ploint suitable 0,,,,,,,,,,w,,,,,,_ to the interests of navigation, in accordance with the provisions V¤1~ 34,1>- 84- of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters, " approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is Ammdmmh expressly reserved. Approved, April 5, 1916. CHAP. 63.—An Act Conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, Ap{g_%?1°‘ determine, and render judgment in claims of the Simeton and Wahpeton bands of mT.;.._ Sroux Indians against the mted States. lP“bl*°» N°~ O-} Be it enacted by the Senate and House oélgtepresentatioes of the United _ · States of America in Congress assembled, at all claims of whatsoever  }‘,'f§§,‘Q“P* nature which the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians may t°%:{_¤}=t¤ gfbgmimd have or claim to have ainst the United States shall be submitted to ° ` the Court of Claims, wh? the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States by either part, for the amount due or claimed to be due said bands from the United, States under any treaties or laws of Congress; and jurisdiction is hereb conferred u n the Court of Claims to hear and determine all clhims of said bgnds against the United States and also an legal or equitable defense, set-o, or counterclaim which the Unitedy States may have against said Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians, and to enter judgment, and in determining the amount to be entered herein the court shall deduct from any sums found due said Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians any and all gratuities paid said bands or individual members thereof subsequent to March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: Provided, That in determini the amount to be entered herein, the §,,g,g'”,‘{,°,{;,,,,,,,_ value of the land involved slligl not exceed the value of such land on March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. If any such question is submitted to said court it shall settle the rights, both legal and equitable, of said bands of Indians and the United States, notwithstanding la se of time or statute of limitations. Such action in the Court o Clirirns shall be presented by a single petition, to be Bled within one ear after the passage of this Act, making the United States a party defiindant which shall set forth all the facts on which the said bands of Indians base their claims for recovery; and the said petition mag be verified by the ent or authorized attorney or attorneys of sai bands, to be selectediy said bands and employed under contract approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of - the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of existing law, uppn information or belief as to the existence of such facts and no other statements or verihcations shall be necemary. Official letters, papers, reports, andvppblic records, or certified copies thereof, may be used as D d mm evidence. atever moneys may be found due the Sisseton and meousalsm Wahpeton bands of Indians under the provisions of this Act, less attor-